Tag Archive | "iranian artist"

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London Frieze Week at Royal College of Art: Magic of Persia Art Prize Finalists Exhibit

Works by 25 of the most promising Iranian contemporary artists will be on free public exhibition at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London, during London’s Frieze Week from October 10–15, 2011. The exhibition concludes with a charity auction of the exhibited works conducted by Christie’s; directly followed by an announcement revealing the MOP CAP 2011 Winner. [...]

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Work of Art on Bravo: Interview with Persian Artist, Kymia Nawabi

Perhaps one of the best shows on television–simply because it promotes the arts in such a positive and productive way–”Work of Art” is giving us one more very major reason to tune in this season: Iranian-American artist, Kymia Nawabi.

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Art Exhibit: The State–Social/Antisocial?

Participating Iranian artists include: Abbas Akhavan, Amir H. Fallah, Laleh Khorramian, and Farhad Moshiri.

And showing at Traffic starting Thursday, Sept 22nd, will be Iranian artists Hesam Rahmanian, Mahmoud Bakhshi, Aman Mojadidi, Anahita Razmi, along with other international artists: Banksy, Damien Hirst, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, James Clar, Nada Dada, Tracey Emin, Shepard Fairey, Rami Farook, Abdulnasser Gharem, Hayv Kahraman, Ahmed Mater, Shaikha Al Mazrou, UBIK, Ayman Yossri, aka Daydban

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Remembering September 11th: World Trade Center by Eric Esmail Parnes

The New York Times will be exhibiting “World Trade Center” from September 8th through the 12th. This exhibit is open to the public and will also be featured in the paper’s weekend supplement on September 11, 2011, in a special tribute for the tenth-year anniversary. One of the most lauded works from Parnes’ oeuvre, World [...]

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Post-mortem: Prominent Iranian Photographer, Bahman Jalali’s Exhibit at Sprengel Museum

Not only was Bahman Jalali one of Iran’s leading photographers, but also a writer, publicist, historian, teacher, museum founder, and beyond.

In more than 40 years, Jalali documented the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, as well as the post-war reconstruction years.

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Art Review: Parastou Forouhar’s European Exhibit

On the occasion of their 20th anniversary, the IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen/Institute for Foreign Relations) galleries in Berlin and Stuttgart present “Political Patterns: Changing Ornaments”, the third exhibition in the series “Cultural Transfers“. The series addresses the reciprocal influence among different cultures, which are manifested in political, economical and social structures as well as social [...]